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Kentucky Highlands Timeline - 1960
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The Kentucky Turnpike Authority is established and the state begins to build a system of parkways. |
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1960 |
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Kentucky’s population reaches 3 million. |
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1960 |
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Loretta Lynn, the "Coal Miner's Daughter" from Butcher Hollow, makes her first appearance on the Grand Ole Opry. |
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1960 |
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Francis Gary Powers, a Letcher County native, is imprisoned in the Soviet Union after his U-2 spy plane is shot down. He is later freed in exchange for a captured Soviet spy. |
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1962 |
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The first Kentuckian dies in the Vietnam War. An estimated 125,000 Kentuckians serve in the conflict and 1,066 are listed as dead or missing in action by 1975. |
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1963 |
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Harry Caudill writes the novel, Night comes to the Cumberlands, attracting national attention to Appalachian problems. |
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1963 |
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Governor Bert Combs issues an executive order ending racial discrimination in all professions and establishments licensed by the Commonwealth |
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1963 |
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Christian County native Edward T. Breathitt Jr. is elected governor in November. |
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1963 |
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Over 100 million tons of coal produced in Kentucky. |
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1964 |
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President Lyndon B. Johnson tours eastern Kentucky to bring attention to his "War on Poverty" program. |
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1965 |
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The Appalachian Regional Commission is created by Congress. |
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1965 |
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Ollie Combs of Knott County lies down in front of a bulldozer to prevent strip mining near her home. Her arrest caused statewide and national attention to coal mining in Kentucky. |
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1966 |
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The legislature adopts the most stringent strip mining reclamation law in the nation. |
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1966 |
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The Harlan Boys Choir is organized by David L. Davies and becomes an internationally known touring choir. |
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1967 |
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Louie B. Nunn of Barren County is elected governor, the first Republican in twenty-four years. |
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1969 |
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Appalshop Inc. is founded to promote an understanding of Appalachian culture and issues. |
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